Friday, February 5, 2016

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When sisters, Deborah &
Nancy, discovered that motherhood was a temp job they decided to run away from
home. After packing up that last kid for college, and facing the sad stillness
of their suddenly quiet homes, they decided to leave the country. 2 BROADS
ABROAD: MOMS FLY THE COOP is a funny, irreverent, occasionally poignant travel
tale of their impulsive road trip around Ireland.

In this witty warm-hearted adventure, they experienced some of Ireland’s
quirkier history while sharing universally relatable stories of maniacal school
coaches, neurotic neighbors, and tiger moms. Having kicked that empty nest into
their rearview mirror, the sisters took off careening down the wrong side of
the road, making questionable choices, getting trapped in a medieval tower,
sneaking Chinese take-out into a famous cooking school, drinking way too much,
and gaining a changed perspective on their lives ahead.

Excerpt

When
we thought about the phases of our lives at each juncture of change: our own
departure from home, our first real job, our marriages, the birth of our
children, all of the big phases of change held out something new for us. This change was shaping up very
differently. This change was loss –
complete dissolution of the fundamental family structure forever and that was
all. We had to plan. We needed to be proactive. The alternative was to be left standing
frozen in time, in a life that had moved on without us, and to become observers
and visitors in our kids' lives. Not acceptable. So, we set our imaginations
loose.

We
considered our location. Now that we knew we were leaving – where could we
go?

“Angkor
Wat,” I said.

“Wat
what?” Nancy asked.

“It’s
the largest temple in the world, built in 1125.”

“Where
is it?”

“Cambodia.”

“Uh,
huh. Deborah, I was thinking more along the lines of a bucolic vineyard in
Tuscany. You know, stroll along the
hills, sample the fruit of the vine, nectar of the gods?”

“Oh. Okay, how would you feel about a camel trek
in Morocco?”

“Probably
sore, smelly, and hot. And I understand
camels are mean and they spit. They
spit, Deborah. What about a civilized boat ride down the Rhine River in
Germany? They have castles and I know
how you like castles.”

“I
do like castles, but don’t you think we should go more exotic?”

“This
is our first trip together. I’d like to
steer clear of nations at war, places we’d need to wear a burka, or can’t speak
the language, or ride on an angry animal.
Surely we can agree on somewhere.”

“I’ve
always wanted to see where grandma’s family came from.”

“Me,
too!”

“With
a little research and a rental car we can see the entire island in a couple of
weeks.”

“Perfect.
Ireland it is!”

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Deborah Serra has been a
sought-after screenwriter for twenty-five years having written for NBC, CBS,
Sony, Lifetime, Fox, and others. She was a recipient of the 2012 Hawthornden
Literary Fellowship. Her first novel was a semi-finalist for the William
Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Award given by the Faulkner Society in
New Orleans, LA.

Nancy is a graduate of San
Diego State University. She worked in medical sales before stepping away to raise
her two children, at which point she became: Team Mom, Snack Mom, PTA member,
Assistance League Volunteer, and the list is never-ending. Nancy was the editor
and publisher of the Buffalo Hills Echo newsletter with a circulation of 1400.
She also designed and managed her community website.

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